An interesting if not a particularly classy player. At provincial first-class level he was primarily a middle-order batsman and, with an awkward looking square-on stance, was a proven run getter. In limited overs, his miserly medium pace bowling became his better suit. Always hard to get away on the slow New Zealand tracks, it was this as much as anything which earned him his call ups for international duty, although he was only ever likely to be a fringe New Zealand player as he himself, being an intelligent man, would have been the first to admit. A doctor of medicine and a natural leader, he was a fine Auckland captain.

After retiring he became a member of the NZC board and CEO of BrainZ instruments in Auckland. In June 2007 he replaced Martin Snedden as CEO of NZC.
Lynn McConnell